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The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. The collection of businesses that engage in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvms3dJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MultiLevelMarketingActivity</a>. multi-level marketing company MultiLevelMarketingOrganization multi-level marketing companies multi-level marketing organisation multi-level marketing organizations multi-level marketing organisations multi-level marketing organization Amway Amway-CommercialOrganization WeightWatchers-CommercialOrganization Weight Watchers Commercial Organization Metabolife Corporation Metabolife-CommercialOrganization private-sector organization The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s that operate in what is thought of as the private sector and that have no governmental component. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_D3hZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrivateSectorOrganization</a>s may be either <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>s or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViu6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NonProfitOrganization</a>s. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_D3hZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrivateSectorOrganization</a>s include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IBMInc</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYm5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cycorp</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjrK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FloridaNationalBank</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjRFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SierraClub</a>. PrivateSectorOrganization NetworkOrganization network organization The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s, each of which is a network of organizations that work together as a single unit to accomplish specific, defined goals. For example, in order to cut costs, many health insurers establish networks of independently owned healthcare providers that agree to provide services to insureds at agreed upon prices. That network (i.e., the combination of all participating <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s) is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvb74L5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NetworkOrganization</a>. type of organization classified by activity OrganizationTypeByActivityType A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv392vpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationTypeByActivityType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> whose instances engage in the same type of activity. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv392vpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationTypeByActivityType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ResearchOrganization</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkIkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SellingOrganization</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVixGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ServiceOrganization</a>. The collection of businesses that engage in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvms3dJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MultiLevelMarketingActivity</a>. multi-level marketing company MultiLevelMarketingOrganization retail organization RetailOrganization A collection of organizations. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjeUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RetailOrganization</a> is an organization that engages primarily in selling goods or services to end-users or consumers, rather than to wholesale customers. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjeUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RetailOrganization</a> include the collections <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi__5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RetailStore</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVju15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AutoDealership</a>. Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString The collection of businesses that engage in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvms3dJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MultiLevelMarketingActivity</a>. multi-level marketing company MultiLevelMarketingOrganization The collection of businesses that engage in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvms3dJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MultiLevelMarketingActivity</a>. multi-level marketing company MultiLevelMarketingOrganization